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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

US House impeaches President Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ at Capitol

1:24 pm January 14, 2021

Washington: US President Donald Trump has been impeached for a historic second time, just days before leaving office by the House of Representatives for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot. The House on Wednesday impeached Trump by 232 to 197 votes. Ten Republican Congressmen also joined the Democrats to vote in favour of an article of impeachment that charged Trump with a count of ”incitement of insurrection” for his actions […]

Minor girl’s infatuation with kidnapper can’t be allowed as defence: SC

8:19 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: A minor girl’s infatuation with her alleged kidnapper cannot by itself be allowed as a defence as it would amount to “surreptitiously undermining” the protective essence of offence of kidnapping, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court, which upheld the conviction of a man for kidnapping a minor girl in 1998, said […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Infosys to Onboard Award-Winning Experience Design Agency, Carter Digital

7:46 pm January 13, 2021

Bengaluru: PRNewswire, Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a definitive agreement to purchase assets and onboard employees of Carter Digital, one of Australia’s leading and award-winning experience design agencies. This asset takeover strengthens Infosys’ global design and experience offerings, demonstrates its continued commitment in bringing innovative thinking, […]

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of concern: Centre to HC

Signal woos users with simple terms of service; says India mkt response beats expectations

1:42 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: Signal saw a meteoric rise as a direct consequence of privacy debate around its larger rival WhatsApp, but its co-founder Brian Acton said the messaging platform is hoping to capitalise on the opportunities with its ”simple and straightforward” terms of service and privacy policy. Signal, a non-profit, has seen millions of downloads globally after WhatsApp updated its privacy […]

Army holds back land monetisation policy following drop in land prices due to COVID-19: Gen Naravane

11:41 pm January 12, 2021

New Delhi: The Army has held back implementation of land monetisation policy as land prices have come down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference ahead of Army Day on January 15, he said the process to implement the monetisation of land for equal value infrastructure will be taken forward once […]